Lunch With the President and Provost

President Joe Moore and Provost Martha McKenna joined
the PhD students for lunch got to
listen to them talk about their areas of interest

Provost Martha McKenna and
President Joe Moore

BBQ in the Yard!

Finding new connections

Food as Art

Food!

Hee Jung found a beer with her last name!

 

The Grill Sergeants 

 

Just so you know, we do squeeze in some fun around all the hard work we do during residency!

First Week of Residency

Here are some pictures from the Arts Apprenticeship Gallery Show and Performance
They rocked the house!

Daniel 

Elva 

Kelvin 

Molly 

Natalie 

Olena

Sojung

Natalie, Daniel, Sojung, Molly, Hyun Jung, Carrie, Olena
Craig, Kelvin, Pamela, Wendy, Elva

Graduation 2011

Six doctoral students graduated in May 2011 and we had several celebrations to honor them.  Here are pictures of our graduates, either from their public presentation to the community about their dissertation research or from the formal hooding ceremony that the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences.

Dr. Hod Orkibi 

Dr. Hyejin Yoo

Dr. Irit Halperin

Dr. Nicole Hahna

Dr. Steven Durost

Dr. Tal Remarchook

Group photos and faculty and administrators

Robyn Cruz, Hyejin Yoo, Tal Remarchook, Hod Orkibi, Irit Halperin,
Nicole Hahna, Steven Durost, Michele Forinash

Faculty Dr. Robyn Cruz

Associate Dean Sandra Walker

Faculty Dr. Shaun McNiff

 

Robyn Cruz, Hyejin Yoo, Tal Remarchook, Hod Orikib, Irit Halperin,
Nicole Hahna, Steven Durost, Michele Forinash

Dr. Michele Forinash,
PhD program Director,
Dr. Robyn Cruz
Dr. Mitchell Kossak, and
Dean Susan Gere

Associate Dean Sandra Walker,
Professor Emerita Mariagnese Cattaneo, and
 Faculty Michaela Kirby

Division Director Mitchell Kossak and
Dean Susan Gere

What a great celebration it was!

Defense Passed!

Sorry for the late post!

Irit Halperin passed her defense in April. The title of her dissertation was

Creating a Dialogue Between Jewish Israeli and 

Palestinian Israeli Women through Expressive Therapies

 
 While I don't have a picture to post of her now I will next week when she and the other 5 doctoral students who are graduating will be here for the public presentations and the Lesley University Hooding Ceremonies.  Here is the schedule. It all takes place at Alumni Hall on the Doble Campus. 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, May 19, 2011

10:00 - Steven Durost

Old is an Attitude – Age is a Concept:  A Qualitative Study on Aging and Ageism with Guidelines for Expressive Therapies Literature

Dissertation Committee Chair:  Robyn Cruz

11:00 - Hyejin Yoo

Supervisor’s Experience of Empathetic Understanding

When Using Art-making in Art Therapy Supervision

Dissertation Committee Chair:  Robyn Cruz

12:00 - Nicole D. Hahna

Conversations from the Classroom:

Reflections on Feminist Music Therapy Pedagogy in Teaching Music Therapy

Dissertation Committee Chair:  Robyn Cruz

Friday, May 20, 2011

10:00 - Tal Reemarchook

Out of the Themanos:

A Model of Combined Expressive Art and Outreach Therapy

Dissertation Committee Chair:  Robyn Cruz

11:00 - Hod Orkibi

Creative Arts Therapies Students’ Professional Development:

Mixed Methods Longitudinal Research

Dissertation Committee Chair:  Robyn Cruz

12:00 - Irit Halperin

Creating a Dialogue Between Jewish and Palestinian Israeli Women

Through Expressive Therapies

Dissertation Committee Chair:  Michele Forinash

The Hooding Ceremonies began Thursday at 2 pm in Alumni Hall for the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences and continue at 4 pm in Marran Theatre for the University wide Ceremony. Please join us.

Defense Passed!

The Spring Break at Lesley was busy for the doctoral program. 

Steven Durost was the third candidate to pass his doctoral defense! 

His chair was Dr. Robyn Cruz and his title was 

"Old is an Attitude - Age is a Concept: 

A Qualitative Study on Aging and Ageism with Guidelines for Expressive Therapies Literature."

Congratulations Steven!

Associate Dean Sandra Walker, Steven Durost, PhD Director Michele Forinash

And Another Defense Passed!

Congratulations to Hod Orkibi who successfully defended his 

dissertation this morning

(evening his time as he lives and defended from Israel).

Dr. Robyn Cruz and Hod Orkibi

Hod Orkibi

The title of Hod's dissertation is 

"Creative Arts Therapies Students' Professional Development: 

Mixed Methods Longitudinal Research"